Moby Dick Passage Analysis
The story of the Essex’s begins in an innkeeper's house. This is where the great journey will start and then end it. In one night the story of Moby Dick will be told, from the great adventures, to its turmoils, to the never ending pain but in the end truth will rings out. It all starts with an author. His name is Herman Melville. He hears of the stories of the Essex and yearns to learn more. This is how he starts his journey. He hears of a small inn where a Thomas Nickerson lives. He learns that Thomas is the last survivor of the whaleship, Essex and its last voyage. Desperate to know the truth he writes him a letter hopping for the answers he seeks but gets nothing in reply. He ends up going to the inn and offers money in return for his
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Three months pass with no further successes, and Pollard realizes that the Atlantic is fished out. The Essex sails for the Pacific hoping for better luck. In Ecuador, the officers meet a Spanish captain who tells them his crew found the bountiful "Offshore Grounds" 2,000 miles to the west, but claims that a vengeful "white whale" destroyed his ship. This mammoth creature not only destroyed their boat but took the caps army along with killing about 6 crew members. He warns them but they are too enthralled by the prospect. They choose to disbelieve the story of the white whale. Pollard and Chase lead the expedition west. They find the undisturbed grounds and find a beautiful sight of hundreds of whales, but when they launch the whaling boats, the white whale, a massive bull sperm whale, attacks. It ends up damaging the boats and turning on the ship, Chase harpoons it from the Essex's deck, but the whale stoves the ship three of four times and ends up creating a massive hole in the hull and breaking a mast eventually killing two men. The crew abandons the Essex on the three intact whaling boats and must sail hundreds of miles to shore on very limited supplies. The whale follows and attacks once more. They managed to escape to Henderson Island, but it is 2,000 miles away from home and with no sailing ship the journey seems
Three months pass with no further successes, and Pollard realizes that the Atlantic is fished out. The Essex sails for the Pacific hoping for better luck. In Ecuador, the officers meet a Spanish captain who tells them his crew found the bountiful "Offshore Grounds" 2,000 miles to the west, but claims that a vengeful "white whale" destroyed his ship. This mammoth creature not only destroyed their boat but took the caps army along with killing about 6 crew members. He warns them but they are too enthralled by the prospect. They choose to disbelieve the story of the white whale. Pollard and Chase lead the expedition west. They find the undisturbed grounds and find a beautiful sight of hundreds of whales, but when they launch the whaling boats, the white whale, a massive bull sperm whale, attacks. It ends up damaging the boats and turning on the ship, Chase harpoons it from the Essex's deck, but the whale stoves the ship three of four times and ends up creating a massive hole in the hull and breaking a mast eventually killing two men. The crew abandons the Essex on the three intact whaling boats and must sail hundreds of miles to shore on very limited supplies. The whale follows and attacks once more. They managed to escape to Henderson Island, but it is 2,000 miles away from home and with no sailing ship the journey seems